8:30-9:00am: Registration

9:00-9:10am: Welcome & opening remarks

9:10-10:10am: KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Bioregionalism – starting & staying with the nature of place
Stephanie Mills, author

10:10am-10:40pm: Sea lamprey control – the pillar of a world-class fishery
Mike Siefkes, Sea Lamprey Control Director, Great Lakes Fishery Commission

10:40-11:00am: BREAK

11:00am-12:00pm: LIGHTNING TALKS
Using environmental DNA to track down aquatic invaders
Maggie Petersen, Senior Researcher, Great Lakes Environmental Center

The Boyne Falls Dam: from barrier to bridge
Meredith Freeby, Project Manager, Conservation Resource Alliance

Great Lakes water level update
Mark Breederland, Extension Educator, Michigan Sea Grant Extension

Determining the health of the Boardman-Ottaway River
Christine Crissman, Executive Director, The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay

FishPass + Michigan’s Blue Tech Innovation Hub
Leah McCallum, FishPass Community Engagement Officer, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Jason Slade, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Northwestern Michigan College

12:00-1:00pm: LUNCH

1:00-2:00pm: Reconnecting with the waters – Grand Traverse Band Stewardship
Chris Hessell, Great Lakes Fisheries Biologist, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians

2:00-2:30pm: Off and swimming: an update on Michigan’s Arctic Grayling Initiative
Ed Eisch, Assistant Chief of Fisheries Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

2:30-3:00pm: Relationships in the Great Lakes – the problem and solution
Jason Smith, Great Lakes Fisheries Assessment Biologist, Bay Mills Indian Community

3:00pm: Evaluation & adjourn